Has anyone been down the road of asking around friends and family for financial help to cover care costs be at home or care home? Costs are around £3-5K per month to allow carers to work and have a half normal life.
I’ve been met with disgust that I asked! citing they have loans and bills to pay.
I’m going to keep asking or ask them to get help as its effecting my health and wellbeing.
@pipsy hiya pipsy. I don’t quite understand what you mean. If someone cannot afford care due to there financial situation then they go to the council and they have a needs assessment and a financial assessement to work out what they can afford to pay . If they go into a care home they would have a financial assessement to see what they could afford to pay and the council would fund the rest depending on there financial situation. It is not friends or family responsibility to pay care costs for someone . Who is the care for , the council would do a needs assessment to work out the care they think they need and would do a financial assessment to work out what they could contribute to pay towards those costs based on there income and assets. It’s all in the care act 2014. And there are different rules between home care and residential care. As you put I am going to keep asking Or ask them to get help as it is affecting your health and well being. Hope that you are ok.r
Unfortunately not all people are capable or understanding like the younger ones about what they are eligible for. Usually its friends and family who take the lead. You’re talking about when everyone follows the rules in a fair and transparent society unlike today where you need professional advice/opinions/assessments to get anywhere your word is not believed like it used to in my experience.
I have never EVER asked anyone for money since I married when I was 19. There have been times when money was so tight that buying one pair of new pants was a special treat, but we managed.
@pipsy I thought you were on about yourself so don’t understand.I have never asked anyone for money And am of the same opinion as bowlingbun
Dont like asking its a bit embarassing true, however we carers are being robbed £18-£19+K salary per year depending on skills and experience. We are being denied minimum/living wage due to caring we are earning around £2.70 per hour on benefits rather than £12.71 minimum wage for over 25’s!
If its affecting your health you have to ask any help out their in my view to reduce the burden on us. Some of us are trapped at home unable to leave if they do a big risk to the cared for and services are declining more rapidly.
Maybe you are asking the wrong question?
Are you saying that you can’t work because your caree needs too much care? That’s a very different matter. Either your loved one moves into residential care, or accepts more care at home so that you can go out to work. We all have our breaking point, I’ve met mine.
Heard horror stories about care homes I’ve experienced the hospital for 2 and a half months after that experience I would never leave a loved one alone with nurses yes they is 1 in 10 good doctors and nurses however in 5-10 years time they will just get worse imagine what a care home would be like..
Used to deliver medication to them and seen elderly looking for door codes on my device, following me and trying to break the doors open! One guy held my colleagues hand and prayed take me with you please.
Heard there is a new policy now where they can only.be called a certain number of times within a times.frame they don’t attend a bell if your quota is finished.
That doesn’t answer my question. What help and support does your caree need?